Archive for the ‘Organization’ category
January 23, 2012
Two recent reports highlight Iowa’s success in extending health insurance coverage to children.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Andrew Cannon, children's health insurance, CHIP, economy, hawk-i, health care, health insurance, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, medicaid, uninsurance
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January 19, 2012
Another public TIF reform meeting is scheduled Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Peter Fisher, tax credit, tax-increment financing, TIF
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January 12, 2012
Economic development types have become addicted to the idea that they can use TIF to do many things without regard to the impacts on neighbors or even the real purpose of TIF.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Coralville, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Mike Owen, Peter Fisher, Rep. Tom Sands, Sen. Joe Bolkcom, subsidies, tax-increment financing, TIF
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January 11, 2012
A whopping 63 percent of Iowans voted in 2010 for a constitutional amendment that would dedicate funding to improve Iowa’s waters and land. Now, that is a mandate.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Energy & Environment, Organization
Tags: budget, Des Moines Register, education, environment, Governor Branstad, hog confinement, Iowa, Iowa Policy Project, jobs, Will Hoyer
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January 6, 2012
Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, and Rep. Tom Sands, R-Wapello, hosted the Coralville forum about an issue growing in attention following the release of Peter Fisher’s report for the Iowa Fiscal Partnership.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Coralville, Iowa City, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Peter Fisher, property taxes, Rep. Tom Sands, Sen. Joe Bolkcom, tax-increment financing, TIF
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December 29, 2011
Iowa is one of 23 states receiving a children’s health program bonus for its performance in 2011.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, budget, children's health insurance, CHIPRA, hawk-i, health insurance, Iowa Policy Project, medicaid, poverty, uninsurance, work supports, working families
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December 13, 2011
Jobs are at stake, right here in Iowa, with the vote in the House today.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Chad Stone, economy, Iowa Policy Project, Mike Owen, unemployment, unemployment insurance
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November 22, 2011
As we discuss and debate our fiscal future, proposals should be weighed by their effects on people, not with how well the line up with some ideological ideal.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Andrew Cannon, budget, food assistance, food insecurity, food security, food stamps, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, poverty, Thanksgiving
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November 9, 2011
The new measure helps policymakers view the impact of public initiatives to alleviate poverty.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, budget, census, children, EITC, food stamps, LIHEAP, poverty, seniors, SNAP, unemployment, work supports
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October 21, 2011
Public-sector workers provide services on which we all rely. If anything, they are undercompensated relative to similarly educated private-sector workers.
Categories: Budget and Tax, Economic Opportunity, Organization
Tags: Andrew Cannon, Boston College, compensation, Economic Policy Institute, economy, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, public services, public-sector workers
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